Mr Clerley
NUMBER OF SQUATTERS.
Reference......
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The Homony Brand Reports estate that the wee in Mach 1970
in the
the metropol tow
410,000 squatters & ocupant licneed areas in
arch.
Howeer,
Le wie boll
by
the census
that a recent head-count
revented only 187,000 as against perines estimate of
dira this Ill
2.
3.
Ill fit in?
Acceding to the Report, the 410,000
ii) Ground squatters (80%)
(ii) Roof-top squatters (12.47%) (ii) In Nansederem (7.6%)
TOTAL:
328,000. Har
split into the folling categories
328.000 (NOTE
50,000
$2,000
410,000
We are now told that there aconly 187,000 in category :), so it is possible to work out the total nunter of squatters, thus:
(i) fround quatters. (ii) Roof top squattes.
187,000
squatters. 50,000
}
It is unlikely, the cenom fy are
(iii) In Prinsed areas
32,000
much difference to there
This OMITS, squatters
(lynony
269,000
will show much
in
sgreatles in the New Temitones who mumber 129000 another 150,000 holding land on permut) & 22,000 boat squattes If we include there for categone the ACTUAL FIGURE
~ Hong Kong must be at least: 411,000 people.
5. I think it is safe theyfer to my
been pulley the word
295.
ove our
eyes;
for
SQ VAITERS
that the former bers
as the figure of 187,000 be quoted
histelyan was only for ground squatters
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